The first, which is the golden chain let down from heaven, excites to
love heroic, which comprehends in it, and excites to the desire of
philosophy and truth——the second, excites to _desire_, simply——
——I think the procreation of children as beneficial to the world, said
_Yorick_, as the finding out the longitude——
——To be sure, said my mother, _love_ keeps peace in the world——
——In the _house_—my dear, I own—
——It replenishes the earth; said my mother——
But it keeps heaven empty—my dear; replied my father.
——’Tis Virginity, cried _Slop_, triumphantly, which fills paradise.
Well push’d nun! quoth my father.